The Poetry Library of Marie Bullock - Locus Solus Rare Books

The poet’s first book, including a brief prefatory note by Padraic Colum. One of 400
numbered copies, designed by Virginia Smith in the School of Art and Architecture of Yale
University. $50
140. CHESTERTON, G.K. The Grave of Arthur. With Drawings by Celia Fiennes. London:
Faber & Faber, 1930. First edition. 8vo, original pink boards. Spine splitting slightly, neatly
taped at the top, edges rubbed. One of 350 numbered large paper copies on English
handmade paper, signed by Chesterton. Number 25 in the Ariel Poems series. $350
141. CIARDI, JOHN. Live Another Day. New York: Twayne, (1949). First edition. 8vo,
burgundy cloth. Offsetting to front endsheets, light shelf rubbing, else fine in a lightly
rubbed dust jacket with shallow chipping to the top. Signed by Ciardi on the front flyleaf. $50
142. CIARDI, JOHN. As If. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1955. First edition. 8vo,
half cloth. Fine in a lightly rubbed dust jacket with a hint of fading to the spine. $75
143. CLAPP, FREDERICK MORTIMER. On the Overland and Other Poems. New Haven: Yale
University Press, 1916. First edition. 8vo, cloth-backed boards. Few marks, fine in a very
slightly soiled dust jacket with the price scored through on front panel and spine. Clapp’s
first book of poetry, following his study of Pontormo. In 1931 he became Director of the
Frick Collection in New York. $75
144. CLAPP, FREDERICK MORTIMER. New York and Other Verses. Boston: Marshall Jones
Company, 1918. First edition. 8vo, boards. Fine, uncut, in a very fresh pictorial dust jacket
with a closed tear to the front and a small folded tear to the rear. The poet’s second
collection. $75
145. CLAPP, FREDERICK MORTIMER. Joshua Trees. Boston: Marshall Jones Company, 1922.
First edition. 8vo, marbled boards. Fine in original glassine, worn. With errata slip inserted. $75
146. CLAPP, FREDERICK MORTIMER. New Poems. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1936.
First edition. 8vo, cloth. Some light shelf wear, just about fine in a lightly chipped and
sunned dust jacket. Signed by Clapp on the front endpaper. $50
147. CLAPP, FREDERICK MORTIMER. Said Before Sunset. New York: Harper & Brothers,
1938. First edition. 8vo, cloth. Very slight lean, else fine in dust jacket and original
wraparound band, slightly torn. Signed by Clapp on the front endpaper, and with a heavily
corrected typescript of one of the poems in the book (“The Sonnet”) loosely inserted. The
wraparound band prints comments by Robinson Jeffers, W.R. Benet, Eda Lou Walton,
Kenneth Burke, James Daly, and Hildegarde Flanner. $175
148. CLAPP, FREDERICK MORTIMER. Against A Background of Fire, 1938-1943. New
York: Harper & Brothers, 1943. First edition. 8vo, bright red cloth. Fine in a lightly rubbed
dust jacket with a pair of tiny chips and tears. Signed by Clapp on the front endpaper. $50
149. CLAPP, FREDERICK MORTIMER. The Seeming Real. New York: Harper & Brothers,
(1947). First edition. 8vo, cloth. Very slight lean, near fine in a lightly soiled and rubbed
dust jacket with a touch of wear. Dust jacket blurbs by Robinson Jeffers and Oscar Williams.
$40
150. CLAPP, FREDERICK MORTIMER. Cadenza in C Minor. New York: Spiral Press,
(1957). First edition. 8vo, cloth. Fine. One of 300 copies in the edition, this one inscribed
thoughtfully by Clapp: “To Marie Bullock, unshaken caryatid of the entablature of poetry,
from Fredeick M. Clapp, Apr.21.59.” Cronenwett 327. $75
SPIRAL PRESS
151. CLARKE, GILMORE. Sonnets 1949-1962. (New York: Spiral Press, 1962). First edition.
8vo, printed wrappers, saddle stitched. Fine. One of 300 copies printed at the Spiral Press for
private distribution. Inscribed by Clarke to Mrs. Bullock, and with a nice ALS from Clarke.
Cronenwett 403. $45